1 ¶ Take care to do all the commandments which I command thee this day that ye may live and be multiplied and enter in and inherit the land which the LORD swore unto your fathers.

“Be careful to do all that I am telling you today. Then you will live and have many children, and go in to own the land the Lord promised to give to your fathers.

2 A nd thou shalt remember all the way by which the LORD thy God led thee these forty years in the wilderness to afflict thee and to prove thee to know what was in thine heart, whether thou would keep his commandments, or not.

You will remember all the way the Lord your God led you in the desert these forty years, so you would not have pride, and how He tested you to know what was in your heart to see if you would obey His Laws or not.

3 A nd he afflicted thee and caused thee to hunger and sustained thee with manna, food of which thou knewest not, neither did thy fathers know, that he might make thee know that man does not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceeds out of the mouth of the LORD shall man live.

He let you be hungry which helped you to not have pride. Then He fed you with bread from heaven which you and your fathers had not known. He did this to make you understand that man does not live by bread alone. But man lives by everything that comes out of the mouth of the Lord.

4 T hy raiment never waxed old upon thee, neither did thy foot swell, these forty years.

Your clothes did not wear out, and your feet did not get sore during these forty years.

5 A nd know in thine heart, that as a man chastens his son, so the LORD thy God chastens thee.

So know in your heart that the Lord your God was punishing you just as a man punishes his son.

6 K eep, therefore, the commandments of the LORD thy God by walking in his ways and fearing him.

Keep the Laws of the Lord your God. Walk in His ways, and fear Him.

7 F or the LORD thy God brings thee into a good land, a land of brooks, of waters, of fountains and depths that spring out of valleys and hills,

For the Lord your God is bringing you into a good land, a land of rivers and wells of water, flowing into valleys from hills.

8 a land of wheat and barley and vines and fig trees and pomegranates, a land of olives, of oil, and honey;

It is a land of grains, vines, fig trees, fruit, olive oil and honey.

9 a land in which thou shalt eat bread without scarceness; thou shalt not lack any thing in it, a land whose stones are iron, and out of whose mountains thou may dig brass.

It is a land where you will have enough food to eat and not have to do without, a land where stones are iron. And you can make brass from what you dig out of its hills.

10 ¶ Thou shalt eat and be full and bless the LORD thy God for the good land which he has given thee.

When you have eaten and are filled, you will honor and thank the Lord your God for the good land He has given you.

11 K eep thyself, that thou forget not the LORD thy God, to not fulfill his commandments and his rights and his statutes, which I command thee this day,

“Be careful not to forget the Lord your God by not keeping all His Laws which I am telling you today.

12 l est peradventure when thou hast eaten and art full and hast built goodly houses and dwelt therein,

When you have eaten and are filled, and have built good houses to live in,

13 a nd when thy herds and thy flocks multiply and thy silver and thy gold is multiplied and all that thou hast is multiplied,

and when your cattle and flocks become many, and you get much silver and gold, and have many things for your own,

14 t hen thine heart be lifted up, and thou forget the LORD thy God, who brought thee forth out of the land of Egypt, from the house of slavery,

be careful not to become proud. Do not forget the Lord your God Who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house where you were servants.

15 w ho led thee through that great and terrible wilderness of burning serpents and scorpions and drought, where there was no water, who brought thee forth water out of the rock of flint,

He led you through the big desert that brought fear with its poisonous snakes and scorpions and thirsty ground where there was no water. He brought you water out of hard rock.

16 w ho fed thee in the wilderness with manna, a food which thy fathers knew not, afflicting thee and proving thee, to do thee good at thy latter end;

In the desert He fed you bread from heaven, which your fathers did not know about. He did this so you would not have pride and that He might test you. It was for your good in the end.

17 a nd thou say in thy heart, My power and the might of my hand has gotten me this wealth.

Be careful not to say in your heart, ‘My power and strong hand have made me rich.’

18 B ut thou shalt remember the LORD thy God, for it is he that gives thee the power to get wealth that he may confirm his covenant which he swore unto thy fathers, as it is this day.

But remember the Lord your God. For it is He Who is giving you power to become rich. By this He may keep His agreement which He promised to your fathers, as it is this day.

19 A nd it shall be, if thou do at all forget the LORD thy God and walk after other gods and serve them and worship them, I protest against you this day that ye shall surely perish.

If you ever forget the Lord your God and go to other gods to worship and work for them, I tell you today that you will be destroyed for sure.

20 A s the Gentiles which the LORD shall destroy before your face, so shall ye perish because ye would not attend to the voice of the LORD your God.

You will be destroyed like the nations the Lord destroys before you, because you would not listen to the voice of the Lord your God.